Novel for children. -Based around the Brunner Mine Disaster of 1896, the biggest industrial accident in New Zealand's history. In this story, Thomas has been sent a journal from his grandmother back in England, with the request that he fill it in over the following 12 months and then send it back to her so that she will get to know the grandson she has never met. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary

Control code

12522670

Dimensions

19 cm.

Extent

149 pages, [9] pages of plates

Isbn

9781869438876

Isbn Type

(pbk.)

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

n

Other physical details

illustrations, portraits, plan

System control number

(Sirsi) TUR4219.63914

(NLNZils)1309003

(Nz)12522670

(OCoLC)314752292

Context

Context of
"The mine's afire!" : the journal of Tommy Carter, Brunnerton, 1896, written by Susan Battye & Thelma Eakin